RenderNet

Render farm system for Blender.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/phuang1024/RenderNet
cd RenderNet
python setup.py bdist_wheel sdist
pip install dist/*.whl

brn

Usage

This render farm program has 3 user types:

Server: Centralized location for communication between all other users.
Worker: Requests work (files to render) from and to the server.
Client: Creates new jobs on the server (which are then sent to workers).

You can run multiple instances on one computer. For example, you can run both a server and worker on one computer, and that computer will both coordinate work and do the work as well.

CLI

On the first usage, the program will request config information. You can edit it later in config.json

Server

brn server

This will start the server indefinitely.

Worker

brn worker

This will start the worker indefinitely.

Client

First, create a job.

brn create /path/to/blend.blend frames

The program will print out a Job ID. Take note of it to download the results.

Enter frames in Python slice syntax; i.e. start:stop:step with inclusive start and exclusive step.

1:10:2 means frames (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
1:10:2,12:15 means frames (1, 3, ..., 9, 12, 13, 14)

Then, download the results.

brn download job_id /path/to/save/

Enter the Job ID obtained from the previous command. You can start and stop this command any time, and it will resume downloading.